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A New Chance At Life?

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There are pain that hurts too much to speak of and scars too evident to hide from Imagine lying in a dark room, having taken a large overdose; life doesn't get much worse than that. The sense of despair is overwhelming. Every second of living is a second too many, every thought of burden, every breath is an unwanted delay to your longed-for death. The wish to be swallowed up into oblivion is overwhelming. You forget your friends, your happy times, your blessings, even your family. You feel ashamed and worthless. Life looses its coloraturas, its purpose and its preciousness. The only way is down.   Saturday. December 22nd, 2018. After performing my   Subuh   prayer at the nearby   surau,   I was feeling edgy and anxious. My heart was heavy. When I arrived home, the first thing I did was rushing into my room and called my sister, my brother and couple of friends. To be quite honest, after making all the calls and as I sat in my room, I had no idea what I was waiting